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a a a a a a a a a PAGES TODAY. THE DECATUR REVIEW 27, 1936. Friday, November Delay Of Board Holds Up Rates On County Tax Notices to Property Owners Indicate Continued Work. Tax rates can not be determined in the office County Clerk Laurence Tangney until the county board of review completes its work. Under the statute, the board of review is called upon to adjourn not later than Nov.

7, in order to deliver the books to the county clerk in time to make extensions for spring tax collections. Members of the board discontinued regular sessions on Nov. 7, but two clerks have "emained regularly on duty and the board has gathered occasionally to enter orders. Today, it was learned, clerks of the board are sending out notices asking appearance of certain personal property owners to discuss adjustments. This indicates that an early delivery of the assessment the county clerk is not anticipated.

Rail Valuation Set Delay in finishing the review of assessments was not important until valuations, of railway properties were from the state tax commission, since extensions could not be made without the railroad valuations. One of the principal questions unsettled by the review board is the assessments against trucks used by the Decatur Cartage company. Adjustments are planned to make proper assessments to cover trucks and trailers owned by the company while relieving the company of taxes on equipment owned by drivers. Cold Will Not Delay Federal Park Work Arrival of cold weather will mean no delay in the program of public works being carried out Decatur's parks, Joe Frazier, park superintendent said today. Steel has arrived for the new bridge in the west section of Fairview park and will be placed as soon as abutments, already built, have settled.

The bridge is a WPA project. The job will not be completed before two weeks, it was said. Grading of steep hills at the south entrance to Faries park and other park improvement there and in Fairfiew park is being work done by CCC workers of Camp Lake Decatur. An average of about 400 federal employes have been working on the park improvements. Celebration Ends In Jail Three Negroes Placed In Cell After Wild Thanksgiving Party.

A wild celebration of Thanksgiving landed three Negroes in jail early today, one of them--a budding nudist -suffering from a cold that deprived him of his speech. The party was held in the home of Skeeter Haddon. 229 East Decatur street. and Termella Weldon 1506 East Eldorado street, and Leslie Causley of Chicago were his guests. Police were called to Haddon's home about 2:30 a.

m. Friday when a missile crashed through a window and Causley ran shouting into the street, clad only in his under. wear. The three were arrested and placed in the city jail. Haddon Fined $10.

Haddon guilty before Justice Perry to a charge pleaded. of disorderly conduct and was fined $10 and costs. Mrs. Weldon and their Chicago guest signified intention of pleading guilty to the same charge and were held in the city jail pending a hearing. Thanksgiving was too much also for James Purdle, 24.

1110 East Wood street, another Negro, held today in the county jail for a hearing Monday before Justice Liming on a charge of grand larceny. "Borrowed" Auto. Purdle, according to charges, borrowed the automobile owned by his "star" boarder, Levi Joy, for a joyride which was abruptly terminated when Purdle hit a light pole at Jasper and Eldorado streets. In the court of Justice Gray charges of truancy against Lemuel Williams and E. G.

Sommers were dismissed when it was agreed the children would be sent to school. Charge Dismissed. In the same court a charge of burglary against John Murray of Decatur was dismissed by agreement of the complainant and state's attorney. Elmer Barr of Peoria, charged with reckless driving, took a change of venue from Justice Gray's court to that of Justice Liming. Barr is out on $500 bond.

Other cases scheduled for hearing today before Justice Gray were continued. Laros Charged With Passing Bad Check Frank Laros, alias Martin C. Hill, will be extradited from Terre Haute to Decatur to face a forgery charge, Acting State's Attorney Ivan J. Hutchens said. Warrant has been issued charging Laros with obtaining $59 in cash and merchandise from the Richmond Eros.

clothing store on a worthless check. Profit Sharing Plan Adopted By Local Firms J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward Employes To Get Bonus Checks. Christmas "melons" will be cut by two more Decatur businesses, J.

C. Penney Co. and Montgomery store, managers anWard today. In addition to the nounced Christmas bonus of the MontgomWard store, there will be ery monthly profit -sharing checks for the employes in November and December, J. H.

Ogilvie, manager, said. employes will receive twoFifty weeks extra pay. at the J. C. Penney R.

M. Kraabel, manCo. store, ager, said. This bonus applies to employe with the company every than Over the for more entire country 25,000 persons employed by Penney will receive the two-weeks' checks. Persons emfor shorter periods will reployed ceive proportionate amounts.

May Adopt Policy. First distribution of the monthly profit-sharing bonus by Montgomery Ward Co to range from $10 to $25 per employe, will be made Dec. 4, Mr. Oglivie said. A second bonus will be distributed the first of January, with likelihood that the monthly profit-sharing will become a permanent policy, he said.

The exact amount of the Christmas bonus at the Montgomery Ward store will be determined in a board of directors meeting the first of the month, Mr. Ogilvie said. Declare Dividends. At a meeting of J. C.

Penney Co. directors Nov. 24, a dividend of $1 per share on the common stock was declared for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1936. At the same time an dividend of $3.75 per share extra, declared, both payable Dec.

15. war year 1936 has been the most successful in the history of our business. The bonus is additional remuneration for loyalty and service that have played a part in making the greatest year of Penney history," Mr. E. C.

Sams, company president said. Alonzo G. Joseph, Ill One Week, Dies Heart Disease Fatal to Owner of Tourist Camp Alonzo Golder Joseph, 62, owner and resident of the tourist cabin camp in the 3000 block North Water street, died in St. Mary's hospital at 9:55 a. m.

today of heart disease after a week's illness. He was born in Crawford county near Oblong, Feb. 2, 1874. On Oct. 31, 1894 he was married to Mollie Cox in Weldon, who died in 1919.

On May 1921 he was married to Alice Crow Davenport in Fort Wayne. For a short time after he came to Decatur in 1921 he was associated with his sons at the Reliable cleaners, but during the last several years had operated the tourist camp. He was a member of the Methodist church. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, William Leo and Roy Joseph, both of Decatur. He also leaves a sister, Mrs.

Ola McLain of Oblong. Funeral services will be held in the Dawson Wikoff chapel at 2 p. m. Sunday. Burial will be in the Woodlawn cemetery, near Clinton.

Friends may call at the Dawson Wikoff funeral home. 150 Junior Boy Scouts Leaders In Conference Nearly 150 junior leaders of catur Boy Scout troops are attending a staff training conference which opened at 2 p. m. today, in the St. Nicholas hotel.

A dinner is being held at 6:15 p. m. with talks by Scouts Albert Hunter and Jack Holloway. Classes will be resumed following the dinner. The conference is divided into elective groups with outstanding adult leaders.

John Dingman will speak to junior assistant scoutmasters and senior patrol leaders in one group; James Beaumont and A. W. Borchers will speak to quartermasters and historians; and scribes and treasurers will be addressed by W. B. Soules, Scout executive.

A fourth group of patrol leaders will be led by Dr. H. B. Sommerville. From 7:30 to 8 p.

m. the entire group will assemble for talks on first aid by Andy Neureuther, on outdoor cookery by John Dingman, and on handicraft by Norman Russell. In the dinner session the invocation be given by Rev. C. W.

Flewelling, pastor of the Central Christian church, and Rev. Fr. Phil Newman of St. Teresa. Plan Fireman, Police Classes In First Aid Instructions in advanced first aid will be given all members of the Decatur fire department in a series of daily classes to be started within a few days, it was announced today by Commissioner Ralph G.

Long, head of the fire department. Instructors will be Capt. John Warren and Alvin Dresback, who last week attended a five-day Red Cross first aid course for members of the state highway police in Springfield. Sergt. Steve Wood, who also attended, is expected to conduct first aid classes for members of the police department.

The three expect to receive their certificates as instructors next week. They took examinations at the close of the course in Springfield. Hurt When Gas Explodes Mrs. G. W.

Brooks and Nurse Helen Watts Woman Suffers Severe Burns When Heater Ignites Gasoline Vapors. "Wash clothes in gasoline only in an open field with a strong wind blowing. Do it then only in case you don't a care to live long." This was the advice of the Midwest's leading authority on fire prevention, Harry K. "Smoky" Rogers, in a series of talks here the last week of September. Washing her husband's overalls in gasoline yesterday noon, Mrs.

George W. Brooks, 31, of 1128 North Hill street, was severely burned about the face, shoulders, arms and hands. She was taken to the Decatur and Macon County hospital where her condition was improved today. Mrs. Brooks did her washing in the yard and brought it into the house to be finished in the washing machine.

A hot water heater in the same room was burning at the time, and after a few seconds ignited the gas vapor, catching her clothing. She was given first aid Five Hurt In Auto Crashes Man Seriously Injured When Car Hits Subway Island. Thomas W. Albea, of St. Louis, suffered a broken leg, and chest and head injuries in a "car and house trailer" accident here last night.

He was reported improved in St. Mary's hospital today along with one other accident victim not seriously hurt. Three persons were injured in a three-way accident last night. Several other occupants of the cars suffered bruises. The injured are: Mrs.

Zelma Grandfield, 1046 North Hill street, cut on head. Mrs. Dorothy Willard, 30, Shelbyville, released from St. Mary's after treatment of bruises. Mr.

J. C. Willard, her husband, released after treatment. Hits Subway Island Albea was injured when his car and trailer straddled the island at the subway in the 2300 block North Oakland avenue 9:30 p. m.

He was taken to the hospital in a Moran Sons ambulance. The car and trailer were badly damaged. Mrs. Grandfield and Mr. and Mrs.

Willard were hurt in a head-on collision near Harbor Inn on route 121 east of the city. The Greenfield car collided with the Willard car after scraping the fenders of an automobile driven en by C. C. Howe, of 1130 North Warren street. The Howe car made a left-hand turn into the road leading to the Lakeside tavern.

Grandfield, coming from east, swerved to the left side of road to avoid the Howe the car and crashed into the Willard car. The three injured were taken to the hospital in a Dawson Wikoff ambulance. Thomas L. Penn, 1441 East Whitmer street, suffered minor cuts about 10:30 a. m.

today when his automobile was sideswiped by a car driven by George Gilman, 414 South Monroe street, at Decatur and Edward streets. Penn's cuts were on the right hand and head. His automobile was badly wrecked. Gilman told police he was driving east on Decatur street when the cars collided. Safe Ice Skating Area Proposed To Park Board Ice skating without the danger of drowning in Lake Decatur and places to skate more convenient than the lake may be arranged soon, Charles K.

Brightbill, director of the Community Recreation association today. The Decatur school and park boards are to be asked for permission to flood Jasper and Garfield school playgrounds, Mr. Brightbill announced. Plans are to spray the water SO that the ice will freeze from the ground up, it was said. It will be necessary to erect reItaining walls or splash boards.

See Fireworks In Board Meet Over Chairman Stiles On Spot By Jury Censure of Poor Farm Committee. Fireworks appeared in the today for the meeting of Macon offing county supervisors Dec. 8. in view of the grand jury censure of Chairman Frank H. members of the counted home two other committee.

Mr. Stiles and his committee associates, Supervisors Earl Good and M. Brinkoetter were charged with lax supervision of the county and home infirmary, resulting in alleged improper care of inmates by Mrs. Violet Coons, dis missed matron. In the special meeting, at which Mrs.

Coons was dismissed, supervisors engaged in heated controversy, with party lines being drawn in the vote to dismiss the former matron. Reading of the grand jury report to the supervisors it appeared today, will set off a new controversy over the jury's recommendation that present members of the county home committee be removed, or the committee supplemented by additional members. Peculiar Spot Supervisor Stiles is in the unique position of being asked by the grand jury to slap his own wrist. The jury calls upon him as chairman of the board to "admonish" the farm committee, of which he is a member. Rumor today that Democratic board members will seize upon the grand jury report as foundation for a demand for resignation of Supervisor Frank Stiles as board chairman could not be verified from an authentic source.

Probability of such a move, however, was admitted privately in Democratic party circles. Although Chairman Stiles is nominally a Democrat, regular Democratic members have beet hostile to him since he bolted the Democratic caucus choice last April and accepted election as board chairman with the solid support of Republican members. Although Chairman Stiles haz withheld any comment about the grand jury censure of him and his two associates, the chance that he would voluntarily accept the cersure as a mandate to resign chairman was considered remote. The only reason for him to take that path, it was suggested, would be to place himself in the position of seeking re-election next spring. Austin township on an issue of dication" by voters in his tow ship.

CHILDREN HONOR St. Nick, in a bright new uniform arrived on the Wabash this morning and was escorted to the Christmas village in Central park by a happy group of chil- Seek To Lessen City Dump Cost Council Favors Raising License Fee of Garbage Collectors. Operation of the Decatur city dump at a cost of $1,000 a year will cease to be so large a loss to the city if a proposal to raise the license fee charged garbage collectors is adopted it was pointed out today. Members of the council have expressed favor of a plan to license each garbage truck instead of issuing a license, as now, to each operator regardless of the number of trucks he uses. A $25 fee for each truck probably will be adopted, according to Ross Boyd, city license investigator.

City Receives $25. At present the city receives $25 from each of 25 garbage truck operators. These licensees operate 40 trucks, which at new rate would bring city the proposed or enough to pay the rental on the city dump. This year's annual income from garbage licenses lacked $375 of enough to pay the dump ground rental. Besides a source of increased income the proposed regulations are designed to give the city closer control over operation of trucks by garbage haulers in Decatur, Mr.

Boyd said. Part of the new regulations would make it compulsory for garbage haulers to prove ownership of each truck with a bill of sale. Mr. Boyd said that chiseling practises in regard to the licensing regulations and difficulty of enforcing health regulations in regard to operation of garbage trucks resulted in the plan for new regulations. Members of the city council are expected to act on the measure soon fees are due Jan.

1. since the license Act on Licenses hall license, inRefund on pool vestigation of a request for a new the same place and islicense for suance of a tavern public amusement license were ordered by, members of the city council today. Rolland C. Cairnes, who has been operating the two-table pool room 142 Merchant street, is to reat ceive a $17.50 refund, covering 10 months unexpired time of his city license. R.

M. Lockard asked for a license to operate the same place. His request was referred to Police Chief H. J. Schepper and Ross Boyd, license investigator.

The number of public amusement licenses held by Decatur tavern operators to permit dancing in their places, was increased to 10 today with issuance of a license to Thomas P. Allen, operator of the taverns at 1202 East Wood street. Querfeld Undecided On Contesting Vote William Querfeld of Clinton, defeated by his Republican running mate, Representative Dan Dineen, the minority seat in the legislature at the Nov. 3 election, has not decided whether he will contest the returns. "I am still doing some investigating," he said Thursday night.

The contest, if filed, would be determined by the house of representatives of 60th General Assembly convening Jan. 6 in Springfield. SANTA CLAUS dren. Santa will be available for parties in this vicinity until Christmas. His headquarters will be in the Christmas village that was completed today.

Diners Receive Waiters' Names To End "Hey You" A Decatur man is credited nationally with having solved the delicate problem of how to call a hotel dining room waitress without shouting "Hey!" or dropping a plate. Harold R. Petersen, manager of the Hotel Orlando, uses the simple expedient of writing in the name of the waitress of the tables in his restaurant and coffee room on the patron's table check. A glance at the card tells the diner Miss S- is at his service. Recognition of this innovation was given Mr.

Petersen by Paul Talbott, editor of the United Business service of Boston. Dog Bite Cases Boosted To 13 Report New Victims; Start Survey of Cases In Last Two Years. The number of Decatur persons bitten by dogs November was increased to 13 today, with report of three new cases the number of cases of contagious disease was raised to 19, according to records of the city health department. Two children in the same family, Morthland, 10, and her sisMarjorie ter, Joan, 2, of 520 North Morgan reported bitten by the street, were same dog, said to be owned by a Mr. of that neighborhood.

Camerodog was turned over to the city dog catcher. Both children were bitten on the face. Marjorie was Thursday and Joan was bitten last Saturday, although the cases were not reported until today, it was said. Survey Cases The third victim was Lucille Hill, 929 East North street who was bitten Thursday by a dog owned at 428 North Jasper street, it reported. was, Bridge, clerk in the health department office, is compiling a record of dogbites during the last two years.

Use -is being made of a spot map on which each case is located with a colored pin. The map also shows locations of cat bite cases reported in the two years and a monkey and a dog bite case reported last year. The city's contagion record this month shows 10 scarlet fever cases, six chicken pox, two infantile paralysis and one whooping cough. District Elks Deputy To Inspect Club Here Hubert H. Edwards, Pontiac, district deputy of the Elks, will inspect Decatur lodge No.

401 Tuesday, H. J. Heinz, secretary, said today. Mr. Edwards will be the guest of honor at a turkey dinner at 6:30 p.

m. in the club. A meeting will follow the dinner. to Five members of the Decatur lodge who have died during the last year will be honored in the annual memorial services at 3 p. m.

Dec. 6. They are: Elmer T. Fair, W. P.

Dillehunt, W. J. Osgood, Joe Michl and W. J. Reinhart.

Other activities during December will be a stag party Dec. 14, the annual children's party, Christmas eve, and the distribution of Christmas baskets. by the crew from the service truck of fire station No. 1, and was taken to the hospital in a Dawson Explains Danger Wikoff ambulance. "Smoky" Rogers explained that gasoline fumes are heavier than air.

They will settle to the floor of a room and explode even if the source of the fumes is not within several feet of the flame. When the blanket of gasoline vapor reaches the level of the flame, nothing can prevent it from exploding, he said. His advice to wash in gasoline only on a windy day in an open field, 'was based on the fact that static electricity will ignite gasoline vapor. On a quiet day the fumes will hover about the wash basin and the worker, and may easily cause the gasoline to ignite. "Never, never, do your cleaning with gasoline in a closed room," Mr.

Rogers said. Byers Trial First On Call In Court Monday Trial of Emmett L. Byers, under indictment as a gaming house keeper, is the first case on call for Monday morning in the Macon county circuit court case has caused unusual attention, since "second the offense" indictment charge, conwhich would make a sentence of at least six months in jail mandatory in event of conviction. The trial was set for last week, but was postponed. 42 Stories In Review Contest Expect Large Number of Entries Before Saturday Deadline.

By noon Friday 42 stories had been entered in The Review's annual prize story contest for Decatur high school pupils. Most of the pupils wait until the last day to submit their stories, so it is pected that a large number will be brought in Saturday, the closing day. Students who bring their stories to the Herald and Review office either this evening or tomorrow evening should remember that if the business office on the first floor is closed, they may bring the stories to the editorial department on the second floor. The front office closes at 5:30 p. m.

Friday and at 9 p. m. Saturday. Stories may be submitted up to midnight Saturday. Starch Workers To Have New Locker Facilities Workers at the A.

E. Staley Manofacturing Co. will have a new locker and shower bath room within the next six or eight weeks, it was learned today. The one-story $5,000 concrete building will house 100 lockers and five shower baths. It will be located directly north of the bulk package plant.

Carpenters now are at work laying the foundation. Shopping DAYS TILL Christmas SANTA'S WORK SHOP of IA. of C. Studies Skate Carnival Push Plans To Rid Conservation Department of Politics. Discussion of plans to stage an ice-carnival again this year and of plans to support the movement in Illinois to remove the state conservation department from politics, featured a meeting this noon of the directors of the Decatur Junior A Association program of of Commerce.

skating races, exhibition skating, sail skating and ice-boat races on Lake Decatur sponsored last winter by the was association. If it is decided to stage the affair again plans will get under way at once, according to Royal B. McClelland, secretary. A committee was to be named today to attend a state wide conference in Bloomington Saturday, Dec. 12, on the proposed conservation department legislation.

The move to remove conservation activities of the state from political patronage as a means of strengthening the department was proposed by Macon county and other sportsmen's federations several months ago. The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Illinois has joined the movement. Mr. McClelland, who is a member of the legislative committee of the state game federation, said that several plans have been advanced for securing the desired legislation. The Bloomington meeting is expected to result in a decision on a plan of action when the state general assembly convenes, he said.

Local Youths Take Stock To Chicago Exposition Six 4-H Club Members to Compete In Show. Six Macon county 4-H club members Thursday prepared to compete with entries in the International Livestock Exposition which opens Saturday in the Chicago stockyards. Exhibitors from this county left Wednesday and Thursday to take their exhibits to Chicago. Doris and Gerald Parish of Warrensburg will enter purebred Aberdeen-Angus beeves which they took to Chicago Wednesday. Robert and Joseph Peverly, who with the Parishes are members of the Hickory Point 4-H club took their entries to Chicago Thursday.

They also will compete with baby beev. es. Kenneth Riley of Maroa planned to exhibit corn and Jane Britton of Casner was to exhibit three purebred hereford steers in the exposition. It was explained that competitors are anxious to get their entries in place in Chicago two or three days before the exposition so that they can be fed to regain any loss of weight which might occur during the transportation. Preliminary judging will take place today before the exposition opens on Saturday.

The annual show. which attracted farm youths from 10 states last year, will last one week. COMMUNITY POTLUCK The Jasper Community club will have a potluck supper, and party starting at 6 p. Friday in the Community center at 1221 East William street, From 6:30 to 8:30 p. m.

the homemaking class will meet. No Patronage Jobs Until Next January Only Emergency Replacements 1 Be Made, Walsh States No new placements for stat political jobs will be made before January, it was made known Thur day by Fred M. Whitten, Mace: county Democratic chairman. William J. Walsh, who directs patronage distribution under the state administration has announced his office will remain closed until Jan.

2. No jobs, except emergency replacements, will be filled before the New Year. Members of the Macon count; Democratic central committee meet Monday night at a dinner is Hotel Orlando. State Senators 0. Williams, Representatives Niche olas L.

Hubbard and Dean S. No Gaughey, and Congressman-elect Hugh M. Rigney have been invited Mrs. Bertha Brix, 52, Ill Three Years, Dies Mrs. Bertha Brix, 52, of 1912 East Wood street, who was prominent in Lutheran church work in De catur, died in St.

Mary's hospital at 11:10 p. m. Thursday. She had been ill three years. She was born the daughter of Fred and Marie Kersch in Ger.

Nov. 9. 1884, and was mar many, ried to August Brix in Decatur Nov. 23, 1903. She had lived Decatur for 46 years coming here from Germany.

She was prom inent in the Trinity Luthers: church. Besides her husband, she leaves three children. Mrs. Helen Scheibly Brix, all and Robert and Edward of Decatur. She also leaves brother, Herman Kersch, Decatur.

sister. Mrs. Johanna Jesihawitl died here in March. There are three grandchildren. The body was taken to the Moral Sons' funeral home.

Arrange ments are incomplete. New Teacher Named To Decatur Unity Center Mrs. Marian Hoagland of Spring charge of field, will have Decatur Unity center for a month Sunday. it was will be intro beginning nounced today. She st duced to women of the Center tea between 3 and 5 p.

m. Sata urday in Hoagland the her first Women's club. Mrs. will give Her schedlecture Sunday night. ser for month includes vices each Wednesday and 02 they Sunday night and two classes weekly metaphysics.

SOCIAL MEETING Northside will Community have 8 social center Parents club in 412 meeting at 7:30 p. m. today East Olive street. HIT BY AUTO Mr. sad Mrs.

Bobby Clarence Holmes, Holmes, son of of Tel North Thirty-third street, automobile whit injured when struck by an riding his bicycle on the road route Wednear the Brush College nesday evening. a 0 in a.